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4 Compositional Modelling of Distributed-Parameter Systems
The Hamiltonian formulation of distributed-parameter systems has been a challenging reserach area for quite some time. (A nice introduction,...
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2 Observer Design for Nonlinear Systems
In this chapter, an overview of main observability problems and possible observer designs for nonlinear systems is proposed. In particular the...
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A On the Literature’s Two Different Definitions of Uniform Global Asymptotic Stability for Nonlinear Systems
In this appendix we discuss two different deffnitions of uniform global asymptotic stability (UGAS), both used in the literature. In the first one,...
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3 Sampled-data Control of Nonlinear Systems
This chapter provides some of the main ideas resulting from recent developments in sampled-data control of nonlinear systems. We have tried to bring...
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7 Structural Properties of Linear Systems – Part II: Structure at Infinit
This chapter is the sequel of [7]. Its topic is the structure at infinity of discrete and continuous linear time-varying systems in a unified...
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6 Structural Properties of Discrete and Continuous Linear Time-Varying Systems: A Unified Approach
The aim of this chapter is the study of structural properties of linear systems. Systems with time-varying coefficients are considered, both in the...
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5 Algebraic Analysis of Control Systems Defined by Partial Differential Equations
The present chapter contains the material taught within the module P2 of FAP 2004. The purpose of this intensive course is first to provide an...
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1 Nonlinear Adaptive Stabilization via System Immersion: Control Design and Applications
This chapter presents a review of a recently developed methodology for the (adaptive) stabilization of nonlinear systems via state and output...
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1 Introduction to Nonlinear Optimal Control
The maximum principle is presented in the weak and general forms. The standard proofs are detailed, and the connection with the shooting method for...
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6 Stability, Told by Its Developers
Lyapunov stability theory is probably the most useful qualitative method to study the behaviour of dynamical systems; it benefits from at least 75...
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4 Stability Analysis of Time-delay Systems: A Lyapunov Approach
This chapter is devoted to the stability problem of time-delay systems using time-domain approach. Some basic concepts of time-delay systems are...
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5 Controllability of Partial Differential Equations
In this section, we recall some basic elements of semigroup theory (see [25]). In particular, all the arguments of the results mentioned below can be...
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2 Cascaded Nonlinear Time-Varying Systems: Analysis and Design
The general topic of study is Lyapunov stability of nonlinear time-varying cascaded systems. Roughly speaking these are systems in “open loop” as...
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3 Control of Mechanical Systems from Aerospace Engineering
The objective of this chapter is to describe geometric methods applied to aerospace systems: attitude control of a rigid spacecraft, orbital...
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Impact Force Localization and Reconstruction via ADMM-based Sparse Regularization Method
In practice, simultaneous impact localization and time history reconstruction can hardly be achieved, due to the ill-posed and under-determined...
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Investigation of dry sliding wear characteristics of Al 7075 reinforced with SiC-graphite hybrid composites: multi-parameter optimization using grey relational analysis
Metal matrix composites made of aluminium and ceramics reinforced with silicon carbide (SiC) have desirable mechanical characteristics. On the other...
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Experimental implementation of skeleton tracking for collision avoidance in collaborative robotics
Collaborative robotic manipulators can stop in case of a collision, according to the ISO/TS 15066 and ISO 10218-1 standards. However, in a...
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Effect of laser heating on mechanical strength of carbon fiber–reinforced nylon in fused filament fabrication
Fused filament fabrication (FFF) has become the preferred method for 3D printing of thermoplastic polymer parts due to its cost-effectiveness in...
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Influence of the penetration of adjacent X-section cast-in-place concrete (XCC) pile on the existing XCC pile in sand
A series of small-scale 1 g X-section cast-in-place concrete (XCC) pile-penetration model tests were conducted to study the effects of soil density...